Re: [Staffslug] Hard Drives
On 10/11/10 22:30, Tom wrote:
Do CF cards typically have the same wear-levelling that a
"proper" SSD
would? I didn't think so, although please do correct me.
Unlike many other types of memory card, CF cards do have wear levelling.
A CF card also has all the electronics needed to operate as a parallel
ATA disk, all that's needed is a simple adapter to connect it up. The
host machine sees a perfectly normal (though small) ATA disk, no special
tricks required.
I've used a few of these and they work quite well, and I've not had a
card "wear out" yet, though I tend to avoid putting swap partitions on
them. The limiting factor is capacity, but if you don't need much space
then it works fine.